Budget Botswana Okavango & Chobe Safari

Explore the wildlife gem of Botswana on this affordable safari visiting top game parks and wildlife destinations and camping out under the stars. 

Highlights on this Botswana Camping Safari include:

• Game Viewing in Chobe National Park, visiting the Savuti & Lynyanti Game Areas
• Moremi Game Reserve game viewing drives
• Exploring the Okavango Delta on a mokoro day trip
• Makgadikgadi Pans on the edge of the Kalahari Desert

Discover the spectacular scenery and rich wildlife of Africa on this fantastic Budget Botswana Okavango & Chobe Safari.

Tour Highlights:

• Chobe National Park afternoon game drive
• Savuti/Lynyanti Game Areas game drives
• Moremi Game Reserve game viewing
• Okavango Delta mokoro day trip
• Makgadikgadi Pans

DAY 1: Livingstone or Victoria Falls to Chobe National Park – Botswana

This Budget Botswana Okavango & Chobe Safari departs from Livingstone in Zambia or Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe depending on your choice. Leaving the famous Vic Falls you are transferred to the Botswana border from where the tour safari vehicle drives you to nearby Kasane in northern Botswana.

On the first afternoon we explore Botswana’s Chobe National Park, renowned for its large herds of migratory elephants moving between the Okavango Delta in Botswana and Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

Chobe Park, one of Botswana's largest game parks, is also home to one of the highest concentrations of game in Africa including hippo, buffalo, hyena, wild dog and lion, as well as numerous birds.

Camping (LD)

DAY 2: Savuti, Linyanti – Botswana

Today we venture into the south western corner of Chobe to the Savuti Marsh, only accessible by 4x4 safari vehicle. The Savuti Marsh is the remnant of a vast inland lake occasionally fed by the Savuti Channel.

The rolling savannah and grasslands of the Savuti area support various game species including zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, antelope species and of course elephants. Numerous predators such as lion, leopard, hyena and wild dog are in turn attracted to the Savuti due to the abundance of prey species.

We also go game viewing just north of Savuti in the Linyanti area of Chobe Park where woodlands, lagoons and flood plains attract a variety of wildlife and plenty of birds. Linyanti is inhabited by large concentrations of lions, leopards and wild dogs, as well as hippos, antelopes and vast herds of elephants. 

Camping (BLD)

DAY 3: Moremi Game Reserve  – Botswana

Next our game viewing takes us to the diverse Moremi Game Reserve, on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta.

Moremi Reserve is a more compact and less visited game viewing area compared to Chobe Park, yet this pristine wilderness park offers exceptional and varied game viewing.

Moremi Reserve consists of diverse habitats from Mopane woodland and Acacia forest to floodplains and lagoons resulting in an area of remarkable natural beauty. Leopard, wild dog, cheetah and lion are commonly sighted as are elephant, giraffe and zebra. Hyena and honey badger are also commonly spotted after dark at camp.

Camping (BLD)

DAY 4 – 5: Maun & Okavango Delta – Botswana

The Okavango Delta is our next Botswana safari destination.

The Delta is an inland natural wetland system spreading across over around 1.6 million hectares of flat plains in northern Botswana. The source of the Delta lies north in the highlands of Angola, running down into Botswana where the waters empty into the extensive Kalahari Desert.

The Okavango Delta forms the largest inland delta in the world, an intricate network of waterways, winding channels, pristine lagoons and secluded islands.

We spend a day enjoying the delta floodplains as we navigate the waterways in mokoros, traditional dug-out canoes, guided by experienced and knowledgeable ‘polers’. Moving through the labyrinth of channels by mokoro is an ideal way of sighting the amazing variety of untamed animals found in this unique Botswana delta system.

Camping (BLD)

DAY 6 – 7: Makgadikgadi Pans & Kasane to Victoria Falls or Livingstone

From Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta, we head south east to the Makgadikgadi Pans, a vast shimmering salt pan on the edge of the Kalahari desert.

We sleep out under the star-studded African skies - an unforgettable African bush experience.

We return to Kasane and transfer vehicles at the border before crossing back into Zimbabwe (or Zambia) for the last leg of our journey to Livingstone or Victoria Falls where this Budget Botswana Safari comes to an end.

Camping  (Bx2 Lx2 Dx1)

Tour Accommodation

Accommodation on this camping tour is in twin share tents, with portable toilets and shower facilities.

Tour Transport

On this Botswana Safari we travel by minibus or microbus, safari vehicle and dug-out canoe (mokoro) in the Okavango Delta.

Tour Meals

Meals on the Best of Botswana Tour are prepared in the overnight camps by the tour leader with the help of clients.  Assistance in preparing meals is encouraged as your contribution helps to ensure that the tour is a success.

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